Rongotea parade. Annika McBrearty went to the Sanson as part of the Feilding Brass band, and said she had observed a decline in attendances at small-town ceremonies over the years. This year, about 50 civilians attended. Despite that, she liked that the smaller ceremonies were more personal. She said younger generations often didn t understand how important Anzac services were and had “broken the habit” of attending. During the lockdown, when services were cancelled, she was the only one on her street to stand at her driveway at dawn on Anzac Day.
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Shirlene Curtis-Reid remembers her friends who fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan.